Now I finally know...

Tom Clayton

Tom Clayton

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... why I spent so much on my flight rig! I've been enjoying gorgeous graphics with frames in the 30-40 range for the most part. My anti-aliasing was set to DLAA because DLSS wasn't listed. But I just did a little digging and discovered my RTX 3070 is supposed to support DLSS. Then I looked at my driver version compared to what's current, and realized I was WAY behind. I updated the driver in the GeForce Experience app to the latest Studio version, then relaunched the sim. I went to the graphics options, and found DLSS now available. I left the next option set to Auto and then set up a flight. I loaded up with the Islander at PHNL with real weather that includes some fairly dense cloud cover. (I already have clouds set to ultra.) I looked up to the top left corner where I keep the GeForce Experience overlay's frame count running. I'm still looking for my jaw that hit the floor and bounce under something! The frame counter was running 75-80 regardless of where I looked! Time to go have some fun!!!
 
Awesome! MSFS is such a more immersive experience when you're seeing frame rates north of 60 vs in the 20-30 range. Welcome to the future!

And yeah, it's always good to keep Nvidia drivers up to date within the past few versions, at least.
 
How many years after launch was it before you saw those kind of frame rates in FSX?

Despite the bugs that their still ironing out Asobo did a fantastic job IMO
 
You can also get an 8 to 10% boost in MSFS by disabling virtualization-based security.

Here's an article that shows MSFS is the title that gets the most benefit from the switch:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-vbs-harms-performance-rtx-4090

And directions on how to turn it off:
https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/disable-vbs-windows-11

Note that if you have a rig that you use primarily as a flight sim rig, turning off VBS probably makes sense as it's a pretty big performance boost. But if you have important files on your PC, use it for finances, etc., maybe just accept the perf hit to get the extra malware protection.
 
Dangerous Beans said:
How many years after launch was it before you saw those kind of frame rates in FSX?
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The answer to that would be never, since the last sim I flew before this one was FS9!

As for security, yeah, I access my bank account and occasionally a work page, so security stays in place.

I just did one more quick test before bed. Weather in Hawaii is still pretty low, but even with Ultra clouds, I'm getting about double what I was before on frames. And as for the interior shot, SWS says that the standby instrument on the far left can be a frame hog, and to "pop" the 3 amp breaker on the bottom row to disable it. I'm getting the same frames with or without it - and they're more than double what I would have gotten with the exact same shot yesterday. I took these shots with our old pal FSScreen to capture the framerate overlay, then converted them to png with zero compression before uploading to Flickr.

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Also, on a side note, the updated drivers even improve the main Windows GUI elements. Not only does the sim look better, but the rest of Windows is sharper than ever with no changes to the monitor. Why didn't I think to do this sooner??? I can't really fault them, but don't trust your builder to put the latest drivers in for you. My guess is that the guys at Intrex just went with whatever was in the latest image used to install Windows before delivery.
 
Tom Clayton said:
Also, on a side note, the updated drivers even improve the main Windows GUI elements. Not only does the sim look better, but the rest of Windows is sharper than ever with no changes to the monitor. Why didn't I think to do this sooner??? I can't really fault them, but don't trust your builder to put the latest drivers in for you. My guess is that the guys at Intrex just went with whatever was in the latest image used to install Windows before delivery.
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This is why I love the Geforce Experience app. Yes, it consumes some additional resources but not enough for me to ever want to disable it. Having one less bit of software I have to keep tabs on it is worth it to me. Plus, I actually really like NVIDIA Freestyle and Ansel.
 
Tom Clayton said:
Also, on a side note, the updated drivers even improve the main Windows GUI elements. Not only does the sim look better, but the rest of Windows is sharper than ever with no changes to the monitor. Why didn't I think to do this sooner??? I can't really fault them, but don't trust your builder to put the latest drivers in for you. My guess is that the guys at Intrex just went with whatever was in the latest image used to install Windows before delivery.
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Doesn't GeForce Experience automatically notify you of when there is a new driver available?? I just got the notification yesterday actually for a new driver for my RTX 2060.
 
I have notifications checked on, but it might be that none were released during the time I've had the box to trigger one - not sure.
 
It's part of the GeForce Experience app's overlay function. If you have an Nvidia card, that app is a good companion. The app itself is good to use for driver updates, and the overlay has several functions, including live streaming. The performance part of the overlay will show a lot more too, but I just use the frame display. Most of my other screenshots actually have the overlay running too, but the GeForce Experience built-in screenshooter only captures the running game, not the overlay. To capture that, I go back to the old-school FSScreen to get the shot, then convert the bitmap to jpg with Gimp before uploading. My only gripe is that I can't find a way to change the color of the frame display.
 
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